Indian ace Leander Paes [ Images ] and his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy [ Images ] advanced to the doubles semi-finals while it was curtains for compatriots Mahesh Bhupathi [ Images ] and Rohan Bopanna [ Images ] in the Dubai [ Images ] Tennis Championships on Thursday.

The second-seeded pair of Paes and Dlouhy beat Arnaud Clement [ Images ] of France [ Images ] and Robert Lindstedt [ Images ] of Sweden 7-6(3), 6-1 in the quarter-finals on Thursday to set up a clash with Christopher Kas of Germany [ Images ] and Belgian Dick Norman [ Images ].

Christopher and Dick stunned fourth seeds Frantisek Cerman of Czech Republic and Slovak Michal Mertinak 6-4, 6-2 in another quarter-finals.

However, it was end of roads for Bhupathi as he and his Belarus partner Max Mirnyi [ Images ] were defeated 4-6, 4-6 by Simon Aspelin of Sweden and Australian Paul Hanley [ Images ] in the last-eight match.

Wildcards Rohan Bopanna of India [ Images ] and his Pakistani partner Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi [ Images ] became a first round casualty after going down 7-5, 6-7(5), 8-10 in the first round against Clement and Lindstedt on Wednesday.